Famous Quotes

"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

Brendan Behan on Saintpatricksday

More quotes about Saintpatricksday

• "We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."

  Winston Churchill on Saintpatricksday

• "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."

  William Butler Yeats on Saintpatricksday

• "Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."

  Pope John Paul II on Saintpatricksday

• "Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."

  Colin Farrell on Saintpatricksday

• "Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."

  Dave Barry on Saintpatricksday

More quotes by Brendan Behan

• "The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted."

• "I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

• "When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

• "I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

• "The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less."